Long Awaited Debut
Women's hockey program set to take flight at VIU
NANAIMO - After almost two years of preparation the VIU Mariners wonen's hockey team is ready to hit the ice. The Mariners have an exhibition game on Saturday, Oct. 17 against the Island Surge and they'll have a home game a week later against an opponent to be detemined. Team president, general manager and coach Kris K...
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Youth justice
Nanaimo youth sentenced for assaulting vulnerable classmate
NANAIMO - Punching a victim several times in the head and face while walking home from school led to an assault conviction for a young offender. The incident took place on March 13, 2026, involving the offender, 13 years old at the time, and a victim described at Nanaimo Law Courts as having the intellectual capacity o...
Oct 10, 2026
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new beginning
Revived Nanaimo Ambassador Program focused on leadership, community
NANAIMO - Dormant for nearly a decade, a former pageant competition is being reborn to place the focus squarely on leadership and community involvement. The Nanaimo Ambassador Program is underway, open to any grade 11 student in the region to submit their name and candidacy to represent Nanaimo at a number of community...
Oct 10, 2026
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Long Awaited Debut
Women's hockey program set to take flight at VIU
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Youth justice
Nanaimo youth sentenced for assaulting vulnerable classmate
Oct 10, 2026
Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
Return to Form
Clippers snap two game mini slump with win over Capitals
NANAIMO - The Clippers have upped their record to 5-3 with a 3-1 home ice win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals.It was a special night for the team with the return of forward Patrick Fortune for a third season in Nanaimo.Although the 20-year-old was held pointless in his first game he created plenty of offensive opport...
Oct 10, 2026
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power stays on
Brief wind storm through Nanaimo serves as early season test
NANAIMO - A brief but blustery windstorm through the mid-Island overnight served as the first real test of power infrastructure this fall and winter.While winds didn't warrant issuing of any warnings or alerts, sustained winds reached around 30 kilometres per hour in Nanaimo overnight Thursday, Oct. 8, and into the ear...
Oct 9, 2026
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2026 municipal election
Know Your Vote: Balancing tax increases with essential infrastructure & services
This article is part of a multi-story series looking further into the responses to NanaimoNewsNOW's Know Your Vote survey, our interactive voter information tool for the 2026 Municipal Election in the City of Nanaimo. NANAIMO - Mayor and Council contenders in the city this election cycle are largely uniform in their be...
Oct 9, 2026
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101 new units
'Integrated into the landscape:' rental complex planned in Nanaimo's Rock City
NANAIMO - A substantial development is being proposed in the city's north end near Cottle Lake Park, utilizing the natural environment while providing over 100 units of housing.The proposed development, located at 3481 Rock City Rd. between Ocean Pearl Ter. and Landalt Rd., would bring a four-storey, L-shaped multi-fam...
Oct 9, 2026
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provincial election
Taxes - hike them or hold them - become theme in B.C. election campaign
Taxes have become a central theme in the first half of British Columbia's election campaign with leaders promising to hold, hike or cut them. Whether it's taxing the wealthy to pay for services like health care or suggesting that tax cuts will "superc...
Oct 9, 2026
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expensive month
'Must be that personal exceptionalism:' distracted driving increases three-fold on Island roads
NANAIMO - A month-long campaign focusing on catching distracted drivers and those not wearing seatbelts has been depressingly productive for local police. Members from BC Highway Patrol say they wrote 214 tickets for using an electronic device while driving on Vancouver Island alone through the month of September, up f...
Oct 9, 2026
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British Columbia
BC Greens say public must have a say whether AI data centres get built
VICTORIA - BC Greens Leader Emily Lowan says NDP policies on AI data centres don't go far enough, and the public must play a role in deciding whether they get approved. The Greens have previously said the party would block new data centres in the provi...
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B.C. election campaign: Parties talk jobs, data centres, royalties
Candidates running in this month's provincial election spent the start of the long weekend on the campaign trail. Here are some of the latest developments: NDP PROMISES FERRY SPOTS FOR LOCALS The NDP says it would launch a "locals-first" ferry reservat...
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B.C.'s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over online post slamming Islam
VICTORIA - Whether an unelected campaign official should be held accountable for comments has become an issue in British Columbia's election, with NDP Leader David Eby calling on interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson to fire his party's campaign d...
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Nearly half of provinces, territories call on Ottawa to expand mining tax credit
OTTAWA - Nearly half of Canada's provinces and territories are calling on the federal Liberals to fulfil their election promise to expand eligibility for a mining exploration tax credit to help smaller mining companies get through their exploration pha...
Oct 10, 2026
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Overlapping local, provincial elections in B.C. causing confusion: candidates
Cori Ramsay, a candidate for city council in Prince George, B.C., says a voter told her they can't wait to cast a ballot for her on Oct. 24. The voter would surely be disappointed, as Ramsay's election is a week earlier, on Oct. 17. As British Columbi...
Oct 10, 2026
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Former ISIS bride pleads guilty to terror-related charge in B.C. court
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman who married an Islamic State fighter has pleaded guilty to terrorist-related charges in a Vancouver court. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada confirms that Kimberly Polman pleaded guilty on Thursday to leavin...
Oct 9, 2026
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Local Sports
Long Awaited Debut
Women's hockey program set to take flight at VIU
NANAIMO - After almost two years of preparation the VIU Mariners wonen's hockey team is ready to hit the ice. The Mariners have an exhibition game on Saturday, Oct. 17 against the Island Surge and they'll have a home game a week later against an opponent to be detemined. Team president, general manager and coach Kris K...
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Leveling Up
Three Nanaimo Timbermen standouts chosen in NLL entry draft
NANAIMO - Draft day in the National Lacrosse League was special for the Senior A Nanaimo Timbermen. Three players who just finished their first seasons in the WLA were drafted in the top 33 selections. Right-hander Jeremy Wudrick went 27th overall to the Vancouver Warriors, while defender Joel Mullen was also picked by...
Oct 3, 2026
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Championship Mentality
John Barsby's varsity football team brings a winning attitude to a new season
NANAIMO - The high school varsity football season has begun in the mid island with the John Barsby Bulldogs winning their season opener 55-34 against Abbotford. Barsby is in a AA/AAA hybrid division with Ballenas out of Parksville and Mt. Douglas and Spectrum schools from Victoria. Initially Nanaimo District Secondary ...
Sep 26, 2026
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Return to Form
Clippers snap two game mini slump with win over Capitals
NANAIMO - The Clippers have upped their record to 5-3 with a 3-1 home ice win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals.It was a special night for the team with the return of forward Patrick Fortune for a third season in Nanaimo.Although the 20-year-old was held pointless in his first game he created plenty of offensive opport...
Oct 10, 2026
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from sweden to nanaimo
Veteran Nanaimo Clippers goaltender excelling in new environment
NANAIMO - The Clippers have once again found an impressive veteran goalie. Hugo Laring has given the team excellent netminding after taking over from Eliot Seguin-Lescarbeau, who led Nanaimo to the BCHL finals last spring. In his first month with the Clippers, Laring was given an honourable mention for the three stars ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Close Loss
Late goal against sees Clippers fall in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Clippers have lost back to back games for the first time this season.After a 3-2 loss in Coquitlam on Saturday, Oct. 3 Nanaimo suffered a narrow 2-1 road defeat against the Chilliwack Chiefs on Oct. 4.Jack Clark scored the Clippers only goal on a rebound in the closing moments of a first period power p...
Oct 4, 2026
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Canada
Carney says U.S.-Russia diesel supply deal hurts Ukraine peace cause: PMO
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday and criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's new diesel fuel supply agreement with Russia. The Prime Minister's Office said the two leaders discussed Trump...
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Canada advises no travel to Riyadh airport after Houthi attacks, embassy remains open
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to Saudi Arabia said on Sunday the embassy in Riyadh remains open for Canadians in need of consular assistance, which came as Ottawa condemned Houthi attacks on the international airport in Riyadh. Ambassador Jean-Philippe ...
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Elections Alberta 'ready to deliver' as advanced referendum polls to open this week
EDMONTON - Albertans can start trekking to the polls this week to have their say on whether it's time to look at quitting Confederation. Advanced polls for the Oct. 19 referendum are set to open Tuesday, and if requests for mail-in ballots are any indi...
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France's envoy says Carney admired for response to 'extremely radical' U.S.
OTTAWA - France's new ambassador to Canada says her country admires the Carney government's response to "extremely radical" American demands and is calling for swift action to boost Canada's strategic ties with Europe. "My mission is very clear. It's t...
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B.C.'s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over online post slamming Islam
VICTORIA - Whether an unelected campaign official should be held accountable for comments has become an issue in British Columbia's election, with NDP Leader David Eby calling on interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson to fire his party's campaign d...
23h ago
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'Extra stress': Tension peaking among Albertans as separation vote nears
EDMONTON - Some families and friends across Alberta are set to gather for a Thanksgiving meal this weekend with the hope that the only thing that gets roasted is the turkey. Sarah Batchelor says politics will be off the dinner table at her home in Aird...
Oct 10, 2026
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World
139 migrants, including children, die after boat capsizes off Djibouti
GENEVA (AP) - At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organization for Migration said Sunday. That number only in...
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Pope Leo XIV says he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a nodule on his lung
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday he will undergo surgery "in the coming days" to remove a nodule on his lung, in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. The 71-year-old Leo said the nodule was found at a...
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Polish police arrest a man suspected of planning to attack Prime Minister Donald Tusk
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A man suspected of threatening and planning to attack Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was arrested, the country's interior minister said Sunday. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński gave no details about the identi...
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Program helping homeowners cut costs
Nanaimo Homeowners: Centra's $1M Window Efficiency Plan is now over 75% claimed
The Centra Install Pros Window Efficiency Plan - a program helping Nanaimo homeowners cut the cost of new windows and doors - is running out of runway fast. The plan puts up to $650 toward each window or door replaced, drawn from a dedicated $1 million fund set aside for local homeowners. There is no income testing and...
Sep 18, 2026
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Resort-Style Retirement Living in Nanaimo's Old City Quarter
For many retirees, and those nearing retirement, staying in their home can be difficult. The time spent on day-to-day maintenance, plus dealing with bigger repairs usually required on an older home, can cut into time they'd rather spend enjoying their retirement. And if they're traveling, they don't want to worry about...
Jul 28, 2026
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Most people who volunteer for their strata council don't sign up to be an accountant. But for many in smaller strata communities, with less than 50 units, that's exactly what they end up doing. They spend time researching bylaws, getting quotes for maintenance, and worrying that something important has been missed. The...
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